STOCKS Tokyo stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday after fluctuating aimlessly in thin trading amid lingering concerns over prospects for U.S. equities and the yen’s exchange rates that were roiled recently by the U.S. subprime loan crisis. [KYODO]

STOCKS Tokyo stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday after fluctuating aimlessly in thin trading amid lingering concerns over prospects for U.S. equities and the yen’s exchange rates that were roiled recently by the U.S. subprime loan crisis. [KYODO]

STOCKS A new joint public-private partnership plans to create an electronic network to improve monitoring of questionable stock trading, it has been learned. [YOMIURI]

STOCKS Tokyo stocks fell slightly Wednesday morning as investors sold recent gainers while cautiously awaiting the Bank of Japan’s interest rate decision Thursday. [KYODO]

STOCKS Japanese stocks rose for a second day sending the Topix index to its best two-day gain in more than three years. Toyota Motor Corp. climbed on continued speculation the worst of the turmoil related to subprime mortgage losses is over for global equity markets. [BLOOMBERG]

STOCKS Battered Asian stock markets are set for a bounce after the Federal Reserve cut its discount rate on Friday to calm anxious investors, triggering a rally in U.S. and European shares. [REUTERS]

STOCKS The Bank of Japan is unlikely to raise interest rates at a policy board meeting next week after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut a key bank lending rate in a bid to calm stormy financial markets, Japanese newspapers said on Saturday. [REUTERS]

STOCKS East Japan Railway Co., the nation’s largest train operator, KDDI Corp. and Fast Retailing Co. led gains in Japan’s domestic demand-related stocks as investors sought to minimize risk amid slides in global stock markets. [BLOOMBERG]

STOCKS Japanese stocks plunged, sending the Topix index to its biggest weekly drop since the end of the asset inflation `bubble’ of the 1980s. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average had its worst daily performance since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. [BLOOMBERG]

STOCKS Tokyo stocks continued their descent on Thursday, with the Nikkei share index falling more than 3 percent, below 16,000 for the first time since November 2006.

STOCKS The benchmark Nikkei stock index tumbled to its lowest close since December on Wednesday after shedding 369 points amid renewed turmoil in global credit markets. [THE JAPAN TIMES]

STOCKS Tokyo share prices fell more than 2 percent to hit their lowest in more than eight months on Wednesday as financial shares dropped on rekindled worries about a credit squeeze and exporters were hit by concern about a slowdown in the U.S. economy. [REUTERS]

STOCKS Japanese shares rose, led by trading companies such as Itochu Corp. and machinery makers including Komatsu Ltd., after investors judged recent declines excessive given their earnings outlook. [BLOOMBERG]

STOCKS The Nikkei average rose 0.5 percent on Monday with Kyocera Corp. and other recent losers such as shipping firms gaining ground after Wall Street steadied, while a pickup in industrial metals prices lifted metal company shares. [REUTERS]

STOCKS Shaken by falling stock prices in the United States and Europe, the 225-issue Nikkei stock average plunged by more than 400 points Friday to end trading at 16,764.09, the lowest close since mid-March. [ASAHI]

STOCKS Asian stocks plunged Friday as fallout spread from global market turmoil set off by concerns about credit weakness in the U.S. The Bank of Japan joined its U.S. and European counterparts in pouring cash into money markets to calm growing jitters. [ABC NEWS]

STOCKS The Nikkei average ended flat on Tuesday as software firm Trend Micro Inc. surged on a better forecast, but a drop in crude oil prices hit trading house Mitsubishi Corp. and other energy-related stocks. [REUTERS]

STOCKS Japanese stocks advanced, led by property developers such as Mitsubishi Estate Co. on speculation recent losses have been overdone and after a report land prices rose 8.6 percent in 2006. [BLOOMBERG]

STOCKS Stocks tumbled to a four-and-a-half month low Wednesday on disappointing earnings from the nation’s megabanks and in reaction to another drop on Wall Street caused by woes in U.S. housing loans. [MSN MAINICHI]

STOCKS Japan’s Topix index advanced, led by companies such as Komatsu Ltd. that reported rising profits in the first quarter. [BLOOMBERG]